Cup-dispenser support



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CUP DISPENSER SUPPORT Original Filed Jan. 31, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l 'May13, 1930. w. B. MANGOLD I CUP DISPENSER SUPPORT .Original 1. 1925Z-Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 13, 1930 UETE STES TE FFHCE WILLIAM B.MANGOLD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO VORTEXCUP COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARECUP-DISPENSER SUPPORT Application filed January 31, 1925,Se1'ia1 Ho.5,912. Renewed. April 19, 1927.

[his invention relates more particularly to an improved type ofdeinountable supportadapted to removably carry a paper cup dispenser,and furthermore, adapted to be re- 5 movably engaged on a bottle ofdrinking water when supported in position upon a cooler.

It is an object of this invention to provide a support for paper cupdispensers, said support adapted to be readily engaged on a drinkingwater cooler bottle.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a removable supportwhich is adapted to be engaged circumferentially around a bottle of adrinking water cooler and further adapted to have a paper cup dispenserlocked on said support against removal when the sup port is inposition'on the bottle.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a cup dispensersupport adapted to removably carry a paper cup dispenser and having aneccentrically controlled strap associated therewith for the purpose ofpermitting the support and the dispenser to be removably engaged in avertical position upon the side of an inverted bottle when supported bya cooler.

It is furthermore an object of this invention to provide a mountingplate for a paper cup dispenser, said mounting platehaving locking meansfor holding the dispenser in place thereon and furthermore having amounting strap or band provided with a tensioning mechanism whereby theband may be engaged around the bottle of drinking water or the like tohold the dispenser in a convenient position to permit cups to bewithdrawn therefrom to be filled from the contents of the bottle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a paper cup dispensersupport having a resilient band connected therewith and adapted to beoperated by an eccentric to cause tensioning of the band to hold thesame in position on a bottle of drinking water.

Still another object of the invention is the construction of a supportadapted to be removably engaged on a container, said support havinglocking means thereon adapted to ooact with a paper cup dispenserengaged on said support to hold the dispenser locked against removalfrom said support when the support is mounted in position on acontainer.

It is an important object of this invention to provide a paper cupdispenser for use with a drinking water cooler or the like, saiddispenser adapted to be removably engaged on a supporting device havinga locking mechanism associated therewith for engaging the dispenser andalso having a supporting band adapted to be engaged around the coolerand operated by means of a lever controlled eccentric for tensioning theband.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparentfrom the disclosures in the specification and the accompanying drawings.

This invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings andhereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a drinking water cooler of the bottlesupporting type having mounted thereon a paper cup dispenser and supportembodying the principles of this invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the paper cup dispenser and its supportengaged on a fragmentary portion of a water bottle or similar container.

Figure 3 is a transverse section taken on line III-III of Figure 2.

Figure 4: is a front elevation of the paper cup dispenser support withthe paper cup dispenser removed and showing the operation of thesupporting band in dotted lines.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail section taken on line VV of Figure 4:with parts in section. a

Figure 6 is a side elevation of the dispenser support with parts brokenaway.

Figure 7 is an enlarged fragmentary detail section taken on line VII'VIIof Figure 6 with parts omitted.

- Figure 8 is a rear elevation of the paper cup dispenser.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary detail section taken on line IXIX of Figure 4showing a. fragmentary portion of the paper cup dispenser in position.

Figure 10 is a fragmentary view of a mounting plate illustrating amodified form of contact pad.

Figure 11 is a section taken on line XIXI of Fig. 10.

As shown on the drawings:

The reference numeral 1 indicates a stand supporting a cooler tank 2adapted to carry ice for the purpose of cooling drinking water deliveredthereto from a water bottle 3 which is supported on top of the tank 2 inan inverted position with the neck of the bottle projecting into acooler 4 on said tank.

The improved dispenser support comprises a mounting plate 5 the sidemargins of which are bent rearwardly to afford two longitudinal sideflanges 6 each of which is provided with a slot 7 intermediate the endsthereof. The side flanges 6 extend longitudinally of the plate 5 towithin a short distance of the ends of said plate. Also integrallyformed at each end of the plate adjacent the ends of the side flanges 7are forwardly directed lugs or finger pieces 8. Struck from the middleportion of each end margin of the mounting plate 5 is a forwardlydirected strip or flange 9 adapted to act as stops for the rear wall ofa paper cup dispenser. Struck rearwardly from the mounting plate 5 are aplurality of lugs or tongues 10 which are disposed at an angle withrespect to the mounting plate 5 as illustrated in Figure 5. Each of thetongues 10 has engaged thereon a shoe or pad 11 constructed of acontinuous band of rubber or similar cushioning material. As illustratedin Figure 4 there are four pads 11 provided, positioned near the cornersof the mounting plate. It will, of course, be understood that anydesired number of cushioning pads may be provided either of the typedescribed or of equivalent types. The pads 11 are preferably constructedof rubber and are adapted, when the support is in position on the bottle3, to frictionally engage the bottle to hold the support against sliding011 said bottle. The said flanges 6 of the supporting plate are alsoadapted to contact the bottle 3 and are resiliently held against saidbottle due to the spring action of the tongues 10 and the resilient pads11 supported thereon.

The mounting plate 5 is adapt-ed to be supported in position on a bottle3 by means of a metal band girdle or strap 12 the middle portion ofwhich is crimped or corrugated to afford a spring section 13 as clearlyillustrated in Figure 3. One end of the retaining strap 12 projects intothe slot 7 of one of the flanges 6 and then through a slot 1a (Figure4). Said end or" the strap 12 is provided with a latching tongue 15 andwith an aperture in the outside of said tongue to permit said end of thestrap to be removably engaged on an eccentric stud or pin 16. Theeccentric pin is securely mounted on a lever or handle 17 having a thumbpiece 18 integrally formed at an angle on one edge thereof. The lever 17is pivotally supported on a pin 19 engaged on the mounting plate 5. Theother end of the retaining strap 12 projects through the slot 7 of theopposite flange 6 of the mounting plate and remains at the rear of saidmounting plate and has an aperture 20 (Figure 7) provided therein topermit said end of the strap 12 to engage over a retaining hook or lug21 which is struck rearwardly trom the supporting plate 5. A detest 22is provided in the end of the strap 12 to permit the same to lockinglyengage over one edge of the aperture in the plate 5 from which thelatching hook 21 has been struck. It will thus be noted that one end ofthe retaining or supporting strap 12 is positioned by the plate and isengaged or latched by the hook 21 while the other end of said strapprojects through one of the side iia es aid outwardly through a slot inthe mounting plate to permit the second end of said strap to bepositioned in front of said mounting plate and engaged on the eccentricpin 16 so that the lever 17 when operated about its pivot will permitthe strap to be tensiened so that the same can be tightly clamped aroundthe body of the water bottle 3 as illu rated in Figures 1 and 3.

ounted on the plate 5 are a plurality of sored supporting pins or posts23 provided for the purpose of permitting a paper cup dispenser 24 to beremovably supported on said plate 5. The paper cup dispenser 2st asillustrated in Figure 8 is provided with a rear wall or mounting plate25 having a plurality of properly spaced key hole slots 26 therein withthe enlarged portions of said slots the lower end thereof to engage oveithe ends of the supporting posts 23 after w ich the dispenser may bepulled downrdly so that the narrowed upper ends of said slots 26 willslide in the grooves of said posts. The back wall 25 of the dispenser 24is termed with a strip of teeth 27 with which a locking ug 28 is adaptedto coact to hold the dispenser locked in position on the supportingplate The locking lug 23 is struck rrom resilient tongue or strip 29which in turn is struck from the supporting plate 5 as clearly shown inFigure 4. The free end of the spring strip 29 is bent to projectbackwardly through the opening from which the strip 29 has been struckand affords a finger piece nern'iitting the strip 29 to be pulledrearwardly through said opening thereby moving the latching lug 28 outof engage n'ieut with the teeth 27 formed on the back wall or back plateof the paper cup dispenser Q./.!.

Figures 10 and 11 illustrate a modified form of mounting plate 5 havingstruck therefrom a plurality of tongues or lugs 31 each of which isprovided with an aperture for receiving a rubber friction pad or button32 removably engaged thereon. Each button 32 is provided with an axialpassage 33 and a peripheral groove 34. The axial passage 33 is providedin each button to permit the button to be compressed sufiiciently toallow one end thereof to be inserted in the tongue 31 after which thecompressed button is permitted to expand into the position illustratedin Figure 11. The rubber pads or buttons 32 are adapted to frictionallyand resiliently engage against the surface of a bottle 3 similar to thearrangement of the pads 11 as illustrated in Figure 5 of the drawings.The resilient pads 32 serve to hold the cup dispenser support againstmovement with respect to the water bottle on which the cup dispenser isengaged.

The operation is as follows:

A paper cup dispenser carrying a stack of nested paper cups has the rearwall thereof provided wit-h the key slots 26 and with the strip of teeth27 to permit the dispenser to be removably engaged on the mounting plate5 of the dispenser support. Before the support is engaged on a bottle 3as illustrated in Figure 1 the dispenser 24 is positioned so that theback wall thereof is disposed adjacent the front surface of the plate 5.The enlarged ends of the key slots 26 are engaged over the supportingposts 23 and the dispenser is then pulled downwardly with respect tosaid plate 5 to permit the reduced ends of said slots to slidably engagein the grooves of the posts 23. The forwardly directed stop flanges onthe plate 5 serves as stops for the purposeof holding the dispenserpositioned with respect to the mounting plate 5. The end lugs or fingerpieces 8 of the plate 5 are positioned to the outside of the rearmargins of the side walls of the dispenser 24 thus holding the dispenserrigidly in posi tion on the mounting plate 5. When the dispenser isengaged on the supporting posts 23 the latching lug 28 on the springstrap 29 comes into contact with the strip of teeth 27 formed on theback wall of the dispenser. As the dispenser is pulled downwardly overthe supporting posts 23 into the narrow porti-ons of the slots 26 thelatching lug 28 moves over the teeth 27 to hold the dispenser lockedagainst removal on the mounting plate 5 when it has been pulleddownwardly.

In case it is desired to remove the dispenser from the mounting platethe resilient spring strip 29 must first be pulled outwardly by means ofits projecting end to release the latching lug 28 from engagement withthe teeth 27 of the dispenser back wall. When this is done the dispensermay be slidably moved upwardly with respect to the mounting plate 5 adistance sufiicient to permit the heads of the posts to register withthe enlarged lower portions of the slots 26. The

dispenser may then be removed from the supporting plate.

After the dispenser has been mounted on the supporting plate and pulleddownwardly to permit the latching lugs 28 to coact with the teeth on theback of the dispenser, the dispenser and its support is ready to bemounted in position on the water bottle 3 of the cooler. The lever 17when in released position assumes the position illustrated in dottedlines in Figure 4: thereby releasing any tension on the retaining strap12 to permit said strap to assume its greatest expansion so that thestrap may be engaged over the end of the inverted bottle 3 and sliddownwardly thereon to a convenient posit-ion similar to that illustratedin Figure 1. The side flanges 6 on the mounting plate 5 engage againstthe outer surface of the bottle 3 as illustrated in Figures 3 and 5. Tohold the dispenser support in a set position on the bottle 3 the lever17 is swung downwardly from the full line position of Figure 4 into thedotted line position until the finger piece 18 strikes the side of thecasing. When the lever 17 is swung downwardly the eccentric pin 16thereon causes a pull to be exerted on one end of the strap 12 so thatthe strap is tensioned or tightly pulled around the bottle, thusclamping the rubber pads 11 on the spring lugs 10 frictionally againstthe surface of the bottle to prevent the support from sliding on thebottle 3. lVhen the strap 12 is tensioned by operation of the lever 17the mounting plate 5 is, of course, drawn inwardly toward the bottle 3so that the cushions or pads 13 are resiliently held in contact with thebottle. The waved or crimped spring portion of the strap 12 is providedto afford a resilient means in the strap to permit said strap tocompensate for variations in the diameters of the water bottles used onthe cooler 2.

Attention is called to the fact that when the dispenser is engaged onthe mounting plate 5 and the mounting plate 5 is held in positionagainst the side of a water bottle 3, access to the spring lug 29 isshut off so that said spring lug cannot be operated to cause thelatching lug 28 to be moved out of locking engagement with the teeth onthe back of the dispenser 24:. The dispenser when engaged upon a bottleis therefore locked against removal from the mounting plate 5. To removethe dispenser from the mounting plate it is, of course, first necessaryto swing the control lever 17 from the full line position of Figure 4into the dotted line position thereby releasing the tension on thesupporting strap 12 to permit the supporting plate 5 and said strap tobe removed from the bottle. After this is done the resilient controlstrip 29 may be pulled through the aperture in the plate 5 to cause thelatching lock 28 to be pulled out of latching engagement with the teeth29. When this is done the dispenser may be slidably moved with respectto the mounting plate 5 to permit the enlarged ends of the apertures 26to be removed over the heads of the supporting posts 23.

W'hile the dispenser support is shown associated with a water bottle 3ot a water cooler device, it will, of course, be understood that themounting plate 5 and its supporting strap may be engaged on any desiredtype 01" bot tle, tank or liquid container containing liquid adapted tobe dispensed in cups carried by the dispenser or if preferred may besecured about any suitable and convenient object.

The device covers a convenient arrangement for supporting a paper cupdispenser on a bottle or tank so that paper cups may be convenientlywithdrawn from the dispenser when it is desired to draw oli a quantityof liquid from the bottle or cooler as the case may be.

I am aware that many changes may be made and numerous details ofconstruction may be varied through'a wide range withoutdeparting fromthe princi )les of this in and I therefore do not purpose lim patentgranted hereon, otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. A cup dispenser support comprising a flanged mounting plate,supporting posts socured thereon, a plurality of resilient padssupported on said mounting plate, a latching means for holding adispenser when engaged on said supports in locked position on saidmounting plate, stop flanges on said mounting plate for the dispenser, amounting strap having one end thereof removably engaged with saidmounting plate, and an eccentric lever mounted on said mounting plateand connected with the other end of said strap to permit tensioning ofsaid strap for the purpose of holding the mounting plate secured in aposition on a suitable support.

2. The combination with a mounting plate, of a plurality of poststhereon, a dispenser having slots therein adapted to be removablyengaged on said posts, a plurality of teeth formed on said dispenser,latching means on said plate adapted to removably engage said teeth tohold the dispenser locked in position on said mounting plate, a strapconnected with said mounting plate for supporting the same in positionon a container, and eccentric means for tensioning said strap toremovably clamp the mounting plate and said dispenser on a suitablesupport.

3. The combination with a paper cup dispenser having a plurality ofslots therein, of a strip of teeth formed on said dispenser, a mountingplate, a plurality of posts on said mounting plate for supporting theslotted dis penser in position thereon, a tongue struck from saidmounting plate, and a latching lug struck from said tongue andpositioned to lockingly engage with the teeth on said dispenser to holdthe dispenser locked on said mounting plate.

a. A cup dispenser support comprising a flanged mounting plate,projections formed thereon adapted to be engaged by a dispenser,latching means on said plate adapted to coact with said dispenser tohold the same locked on said plate, a strap for mounting said plate, anda lever mechanism for tensioning said strap for the purpose of securingthe plate in position on a support.

5. A paper cup dispenser support comprising mounting plate, a springstrap for mounting the same in position on a support, lever pivoted onsaid mounting plate, an eccentric pin on said lever engaged with saidspring strap to tension the same to hold the plate in position, springpads on said plate to hold the plate against sliding movement on thesupport, dispenser supporting projections on said plate, and dispenserlatching fiQfUlS on said plate for lockingly holding the dirpenser inposition thereon.

In a device of the character described, a metal girdle having an elasticsection, a dispenser supporting plate secured to said girdie, said platehaving inwardly directed frictional pads, and a quick release eccentricconnection associated with said girdle.

7. In a device of the class described, a one piece expansible andcontractible metal girdle, means including a quick release connectionfor connecting the ends of said girdle, and a dispenser supportingmember carried by said girdle having resiliently supported frictionmembers thereon.

8. In a paper cup dispenser, a metal band having an integral corrugatedelastic section, means including a quick release eccentric connectionfor tensioning said band, and a padded dispenser supporting membercarried by said band.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

lNILLlAM B. MAN GOLD.

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